Hazard KY/Perry County: 1950s and 1960s #5

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click to enlarge	Isabella's 1959 An interior shot of Isabella Suttles' beauty shop on High. The old Mount Mary Hospital can be clearly seen through the window. This business was located at Blue Diamond for 26 years before it was moved here in 1959. Isabella also owned the Leatherwood Beauty Shop.

click to enlarge	Court Room 1950s Perry County Judge Executive Courtney Wells presiding during this trial in the old court house building.

click to enlarge	Highway 15 Construction View of Hwy 15 under construction in Walkertown. Courtesy Peoples Bank and Trust

click to enlarge	Dawahare Brothers The eight Dawahare brothers in town for the opening of their new department store in Hazard

click to enlarge	Perry County Medical Society Late 1950s photo of meeting held in dining room of the La Citadelle

click to enlarge	Memorial Gymnasium This scene provides a good view of the area surrounding the gymnasium which opened in 1951

click to enlarge	M. C. Napier High School Students Students pose for photographer on the steps of Napier high school in the mid 1950s.

click to enlarge	First TV Broadcast 1965 Hazard's first local broadcast as seen on WKIC-TV. Virgil Walton Napier interviews Clarence Baker on the 'Man On The Street' program. Ernest Sparkman operates camera. Another Photo

click to enlarge	Husband of Local Girl Is Brilliant Success So reads the Hazard Tribune newspaper caption to this 1966 photo taken in New York City

click to enlarge	Senator Robert Kennedy The senator in Hazard viewing living conditions in Appalachia - 1968 (l to r) Oscar Combs (Hazard Herald), Kennedy, Virgil Napier (WKIC/WSGS) Another Photo photos: Paul Gordon

click to enlarge	Davis Bros. Kenyon Auto Store Very nice color photo of this downtown landmark establishment operated for many years by Roscoe Davis and his brother.


More Photographs from the 1950s -1960s A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity. - Robert Doisneau
River Baptism: Leatherwood Baptist Church at Beehive (1953) Style Show: Johnson's Dept Store 1957 (75Kb) The Town House Motel under construction in Woodland Park. Opened in 1954 (25Kb) Two photos from the regional boy scout circus 1954 The Dairy Dip and Glass House 1955 Walkertown. Owned by C. B. Feltner (26Kb) Mrs. John Copeland plays the organ at Memorial Gym during a game in 1953 (37Kb) Brashear Flower Shop & Greenhouse next to Bailey's (63Kb) Campbell Furniture, Morgan Street. Opened in'27 thru 50s (56Kb) May's Dairy Bar with telephone company building construction next door (65Kb) Hazard Clinic and Lee Crutchfield Chevy (38Kb) Mine Service Company in Lothair 1957 (43Kb) Small street, newly paved, connecting Laurel Street and Lyttle Blvd next to Christian Church (27Kb) GMAC financing office 1953 occupying same building as above (61Kb) White Motors 1953. Ford Dealer (52Kb) Yet another nice aerial shot of Hazard taken between 1958 and 1964 - large section of town shown in good detail (166Kb) Hallnap's Haberdasher in the early 50s. Later home to the Firestone Store (82Kb) Bell's Market on East Main in their 2nd of three locations (71Kb) Mays Grill on Main in location formally occupied by Steele Drug. This building is now gone (65Kb) The Firestone Store. Was located next to Hazard Drug. This location has been home to various businesses (83Kb) Elaborate Chappell's Dairy float in 1954 parade (44Kb) Shafter Combs and Son hardware store - 1959 (39KB) Combs Road in Airport Gardens (1955) near where the old hospital is now (64KB) The Hazard water plant under construction in 1955. The Woodland Park bridge can be seen as well as part of East Main(77KB) Newly completed church in '56 corner of Lovern and Memorial Drive before Health Dept built. Bobby Davis Park seen on hill (63KB) Sherwin Williams paint and wallpaper store. One of the oldest businesses still on Main street in original location (58KB) Community Kindergarten parade float 1955. This school was held in First Baptist Church at the time (42KB) The bridge to the new airport in 1954. This area is now occupied by Perry County Park and Perry Central High School (87KB) Entrance to Old Black Gold Mine (83KB) Dawahares after the flood of 1957. Willie Dawahare and George Davis "The Singing Miner" (88KB) Radio personality "Grand pappy" a.k.a. Ernest Sparkman on horseback in parking lot behind Main preparing for parade (46KB) The H & P Super Market on Lovern Street in 1958. Later operated as Bell's Market for many years until 1998 (75KB) Two views of East Main in 1958: BEFORE (49KB) widening road/re-paving and AFTER (47KB) . The Thrifty Shop 1953. Did business on Main for many years (65KB) Suzi Gearheart of Danville Queen of the 1961 Coal Carnival with Jay Lasslo. Tierra made by Vic Tedesco of Papania's Jewelers (77KB) Bailey's Tire Store & Restaurant, 1950s (57Kb) Willie Dawahare and John "Flat" Williams in horse and buggy (72KB) Two photos of early construction phase of the UMWA Memorial Hospital (later ARH): 1953 (47KB) and 1954 (47KB) The completed hospital on Combs Rd. Notice the entrance-way that was later removed (68KB) Color postcard circa early 1960s Main (56KB) Rare shot of Fleet Street (renamed Lovern) (68KB) Lovern Street being extended in 1953 from High to the new by-pass, a.k.a. Memorial Drive (86KB) 1958: Exterior of well-known former business Sterling Hardware (40KB) Old Central Hotel (1958) building just prior to demolition (69KB) Newberry department store grand re-opening. PCDA stood for Perry County Development Association (64KB) High quality aerial view of North Main and surrounding area (103KB) Future site of La Citadelle: Peters Peak (72KB) 1957: Building a Better Hazard is Your Job Too (55Kb) Leatherwood High School 1960 District Champs (65Kb) Santa Clause arrives at Collins by helicopter 1955 (41Kb) Dewey Daniel, M. K. Eblen, and others on Main (93KB) Mr. Daniel flanked by two of his nephews: L. D. Gorman & C. V. Cooper in front of La Citadelle Motel (66KB) Dewey Daniel shows route new Hwy 15 will take to Lexington (65KB) Highway 15 North under construction in Walkertown section (117KB) Buckhorn Dam being built, Buckhorn, KY (84KB) First customer in Hazard to receive cable TV (73KB) The Hilltoppers, popular singing trio established by Hazard native Don McQuire. Courtesy Bobby Danner (31KB) Three photographs from Homeplace Clinic, Ary: 1950 , 1953 , 1957 Intersection of Main, High and Memorial Drive 1950s. An area that to this day is prone to flooding. (74KB) BSA Troop 100 (75KB) Dilce Combs High School, Jeff, Kentucky 1953 (78KB) A merchants' fair inside Memorial Gym in 1951. Displays by Sterling Hardware and Dawahare's can be seen. (93KB) Viper High School 1951. Replaced by Dilce Combs HS (38KB) Prominent citizen and developer L. O. Davis addresses crowd at the Memorial Gym groundbreaking ceremony in 1949. (62KB) Present Court House under construction 1965 courtesy WSGS 1966 - Newspaper ad promoting concert by the Young Rascals and B. J. Thomas at Memorial Gym. (74KB) Hazard High School Baker Hill. Last year as high school: 1976 (59KB) Royal Bar & Lunch and Stiles Jewelry -color- (84KB) The Family Theatre. Opened in 1912 as the Perry Theatre (30KB) East side of Main featuring various businesses of the time. -color- (96KB) Wills department store and other businesses during 1950s -color- (87KB) As Hazard's car population increased so did its need for parking lots (44KB) Construction beginning on East Main for a municipal parking lot (80KB) Same lot after construction - late 1950s - Taken from Baker Hill (118KB) Martin's Department Store Vicco, KY 1960 (58KB) A few photos taken inside the old bowling alley - 1960s KY Power Company sponsored basketball team, early 1950s Interior & Exterior views of Johnson's Dept Store (color) 1960s Boy Scout Troop 64 of Darfork with troop leader in 1967 (30Kb) Banjo player and whittlers sit in front of the court house (27Kb) Parade Marshall Mayor Willie Dawahare with future mayor, 1964 (68Kb) Smyly's Drive In Restaurant 1960. Located on North Main between Hazard and Walkertown (56KB) High Street across from Mt. Mary Hospital. These buildings were formally home to the Hazard Herald and City Hall (68KB) Bailey's Restaurant/Gas Station/Tire Store 1960. Celebrity patrons included the Rev. Jesse Jackson (44KB) Aerial View of Woodland Park Subdivision. Lots first went on sale in 1924. Prior to that the land was used as a football field and picnic area (80KB) Nice aerial shot of downtown. 1950s (114KB) North end of Main featuring the bus station and Carson's Barber Shop (81KB) \| Compare this Scene with Today Visiting photographers would often snap candid shots of people around town and try to sell them the photo. Two examples: Bill Douglas & Cora Lee Sparkman


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